Diggs, Barbara
Summary: "Biases become harmful when they lead us to treat people unfairly. When unfair treatment of a particular group is widespread in a community or society, it gives rise to discrimination and inequality. But due to the country's long embrace of racially discriminatory laws, policies, and social codes, racial bias stands out as a particularly entrenched and destructive problem"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.8 DIGFiges, Orlando
Summary: "The Story of Russia is a fresh approach to the thousand years of Russia's history, concerned as much with the ideas that have shaped how Russians think about their past as it is with the events and personalities comprising it. No other country has reimagined its own story so often, in a perpetual effort to stay in step with the shifts of ruling ideologies"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947 FIGMaggs, Sam
Summary: A handbook for ladies living the nerdy life, including fanfic, cosplay, cons, books, memes, podcasts, vlogs, OTPs and RPGs and MMOs and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305 MAGLawrence, Robyn Griggs
Summary: "[This book] is a comprehensive history of cannabis as a unique culinary ingredient, from ancient India and Persia to today's explosive new market. Cannabis, the hottest new global food trend, has been providing humans with nutrition, medicine, and solace--against all odds--since the earliest cavepeople discovered its powers. In colorful detail, the book explores the debate over the cannabis...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.6 LAWLawrence, Robyn Griggs.
Summary: Wabi-sabi is an ancient Japanese philosophy that focuses on appreciating the simple and letting go of the superficial. This book provides a history of the practice and detailed and illustrated guidelines on how to introduce wabi-sabi into your home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747.01 LAWLigos, Laura.
Summary: Welcome to clean eating: a healthy lifestyle that incorporates more real food into your diet. The 200 recipes make clean eating healthy, easy, and delicious. This book supports a wholesome way of life you'll be happy to adopt for a long time. This go-to clean eating cookbook not only gives you advice on what to eat, but also provides important information to make your transition to clean eating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2019
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Summary: A landmark account of what private life was like for Russians in the worst years of Soviet repression. We know of the public aspects of Stalin's dictatorship: the arrests and trials, the enslavement and killing in the gulags. No previous book, however, has explored the regime's effect on people's personal lives. Now, drawing on a huge collection of newly discovered documents, this book reveals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.084 FIGGigot, Jami
Summary: A lonely boy feels like a stranger on his own planet until the day his radio bursts to life with the rhythm of stardust energy. Includes notes and facts about David Bowie's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GIGRigge, Simon.
Summary: Profusely illustrated text describes the attempt made by the Allies in World War II to defend and support strategic outposts around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1980
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.53 WORBiggs, Matthew.
Summary: Alphabetically arranged entries for a wide variety of vegetables, herbs, and fruit provide cultivation advice, information on pests and diseases, and facts on culinary use along with recipes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 BIGFiges, Orlando.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2002
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Summary: It is history on an epic yet human scale. Vast in scope, exhaustive in original research, written with passion, narrative skill, and human sympathy, A People's Tragedy is a profound account of the Russian Revolution for a new generation. Many consider the Russian Revolution to be the most significant event of the twentieth century. Distinguished scholar Orlando Figes presents a panorama of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1998
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Publisher / Publication Date: Waterbrook Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Christ HiggsHiggs, Liz Curtis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Waterbrook Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HIGRiggs, Kate
Summary: "Meet the amazing brown bear! This book explores the different habitats of brown bears, including Kodiak and grizzlies, what foods they forage for, how cub are raised, and much more. A folk talk retells the Greek myth about Ursa Major and Minor"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Creative Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.784 RIGRiggs, Kate
Summary: "A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of falcons, Earth's fast-flying birds of prey. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why peregrine falcons are such good fliers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598 RIGRiggs, Kate
Summary: Explores the appearance, behavior, and habitat of ostriches, large birds from Africa that cannot fly but can run very fast, and offers a story from folklore explaining why they keep their wings close to their bodies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education, Creative Paperbacks 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.5 RIGRiggs, Kate.
Summary: "A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of eagles, Earth's most widespread birds of prey. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why people respect eagles"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education 2012
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: JE 598.9Riggs, Kate.
Summary: "A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of sea lions, oceanic mammals related to seals. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why Japanese fishers respected sea lions"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.79 RIGHiggs, Liz Curtis.
Summary: Queen Sheba journeyed across the desert with a caravan of riches, only to find wisdom, the greatest treasure of all. Her quest for wisdom will surprise you, challenge you, inspire you, change you. This wealthy royal from antiquity will show you how to live boldly, seek after truth, ask the right questions, encourage others, receive graciously, and honor the Lord above all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 222 HIGHiggs, Liz Curtis.
Contents: Let every heart prepare him room -- Let all mortal flesh keep silence -- The virgin mother kind -- O tidings of comfort and joy -- With heart and soul and voice -- The wondrous gift is given -- And our eyes at last shall see him -- Joy of every longing heart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Holiday HiggsRiggs, Ben
Summary: "Role-playing game historian Ben Riggs unveils the secret history of TSR- the company that unleashed imaginations with Dungeons & Dragons, was driven into ruin by disastrous management decisions, and then saved by their bitterest rival. Co-created by wargame enthusiasts Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, the original Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game released by TSR (Tactical Studies Rules) in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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Summary: "A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of antelopes, the bovids of Africa and Asia. Also included is a story from folklore explaining how tsessebes got their horns"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education, Creative Paperbacks 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.64 RIGRiggs, Kate
Summary: "A kindergarten-level introduction to beagles, covering their personalities, behaviors, life span, and such defining features as their tails"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education, Creative Paperbacks 2016